G. Frederick Reinhardt

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George Frederick Reinhardt (1911 - 1971) was an American diplomat during the middle third of the 20th century.

He was born in Berkeley, California, and matriculated at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, graduating in 1933. Reinhardt was the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam (1955-1957), to the United Arab Republic (1960-1961) and to Italy (1961-1968). In Vietnam, he worked to improve relations between the United States and South Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem.

[edit] References

• The Political Graveyard
• Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, ed. Spencer Tucker, s.v. "Reinhardt, George Frederick"